NRAC Awards for quarter 4, 1999 (10/1/1999 - 12/31/1999)
James Adams, Arizona State University Main
Atomic-Scale Modeling of Materials
NCSA Origin2000: 91,000
Maha Ashour-Abdalla, University of California-Los Angeles
Plasma Simulations of the Earth's Magnetotail
SDSC SP: 70,000
SDSC T3E: 60,000
SDSC T90: 1,200
Jacques Beaumont, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse
Simulation of Vortices of Excitation in the Heart Muscle
Boston Origin2000: 22,000
David Beveridge, Wesleyan University
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Nucleic Acids: Structure, Motions, Solvation and Ligand Interactions
NCSA Origin2000: 71,000
Charles Brooks, Scripps Clinic & Research Fdn
Theoretical Studies of Peptide and Protein Dynamics Via Computer Simulation
NCSA Origin2000: 70,000
SDSC SP: 10,000
SDSC T90: 1,000
David Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computational Studies of Lattice Many-Body Systems
NCSA Origin2000: 85,000
David Ceperley, Natl Center for Supercomputing App
Simulations of Quantum Systems
NCSA Exemplar: 84,000
NCSA Origin2000: 279,000
SDSC T90: 1,250
Kelvin Droegemeier, University of Oklahoma, All Campuses
Center for Analysis and Prediction of Storms
NCSA Origin2000: 50,000
SDSC T90: 500
Edward Givelberg, University of Michigan, All Campuses
A Computational Model of the Cochlea
HP V2500 at Caltech: 5,000
SDSC SP: 5,000
SDSC T90: 2,000
Gary Glatzmaier, University of California-Santa Cruz
Convection and Magnetic Field Generation in Planets
NCSA Origin2000: 20,000
SDSC T3E: 66,000
SDSC T90: 6,000
Texas T3E: 30,000
John Hawley, University of Virginia, All Campuses
Computational Magnetohydrodynamics for Astrophysical Systems
NCSA Origin2000: 90,000
SDSC SP: 31,800
SDSC T3E: 48,000
SDSC T90: 660
Roger Hill, University of Missouri, Columbia
Three-Dimensional Simulations of Transitional Flow Between Rotating Disks
Texas T3E: 20,000
H Hubertus Klahr, University of California-Santa Cruz
3d- Radiation Hydrodynamics of Protoplanetary Disks Using "Tramp"
SDSC SP: 5,000
SDSC T90: 400
John Kogut, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lattice Gauge Theory Simulation At Nonzero Chemical Potential
SDSC SP: 20,000
SDSC T90: 6,500
Peter Kollman, University of California-San Francisco
Simulations of Complex Molecular Systems
NCSA Exemplar: 35,000
NCSA Origin2000: 100,000
SDSC SP: 6,000
SDSC T3E: 50,000
John Kutzbach, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Coupled Climate Model Simulations of Present, Past, and Future Climates
HP V2500 at Caltech: 4,000
NCSA Origin2000: 100,000
SDSC SP: 4,000
David Landau, University of Georgia
Computer Simulations of Phase Transitions
SDSC SP: 20,000
SDSC T90: 2,200
Clark Landis, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Computational Investigations of the Origin of Selectivity in Metal-Catalyzed Asymmetric Transformations
NCSA Origin2000: 55,000
Uzi Landman, Georgia Institute of Technology, All Campuses
Nanotribology: Interfacial and Confined Molecular Liquids
NCSA Origin2000: 80,000
Mordecai-Mark Mac Low, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Turbulent Control of Star Formation in Molecular Clouds
NM Alta Cluster: 76,600
NCSA Origin2000: 30,000
James Mcwilliams, University of California-Los Angeles
the Turbulence Dynamics of Natural Fluids : Astrophysical Plasmas; Geophysical Vortices, Jets, and Gyres, and Coastal Circulations
NCSA Origin2000: 110,000
SDSC SP: 165,000
SDSC T3E: 55,000
SDSC T90: 1,800
Harvey Newman, California Institute of Technology
Proposal to Use Caltech Exemplar for the Object Reconstruction of Simulated High Energy Physics Events
HP V2500 at Caltech: 390,000
Condor: 50,000
Michael Norman, Natl Center for Supercomputing App
Testing the Concordance Model of Cosmological Structure Formation
NM Alta Cluster: 10,000
NCSA Origin2000: 570,000
SDSC SP: 90,000
SDSC T3E: 331,000
Eric Oldfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Quantum Chemical Studies of Protein and Catalyst Structure
NCSA Origin2000: 20,000
Charles Peskin, New York University
Cardiac Fluid Dynamics and the Immersed Boundary Method
SDSC SP: 20,000
SDSC T90: 13,000
John Prausnitz, University of California-Berkeley
the Three-Body Potential of Mean Force for Macromolecules Dilute in A Continuous Solvent: Effect of Solute Size, Shape and Steroregularity
SDSC T3E: 2,000
Condor: 8,000
Paul Ricker, University of Chicago
Merger-Driven Turbulence in the Cores of Clusters of Galaxies
SDSC T3E: 40,000
Stanley Sandler, University of Delaware
Improvements to the Models of Stability and Phase Equilibria of Gas Hydrates Using Ab Initio Quantum Mechanics Calculations
NCSA Exemplar: 2,000
Tamar Schlick, New York University
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Human Dna Polymerase Beta in Solution
NCSA Origin2000: 50,000
Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Simulations of Supramolecular Biological Systems
NCSA Origin2000: 75,000
SDSC T3E: 65,000
Robert Sugar, University of California-Santa Barbara
Lattice Gauge Theory On Parallel Computers
Boston Origin2000: 50,000
NCSA Origin2000: 300,000
SDSC SP: 300,000
SDSC T3E: 150,000
Danesh Tafti, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Computational Study of Multilouvered Fin Heat Exchangers
NCSA Origin2000: 100,000
Peter Taylor, San Diego Supercomputer Center
Structures, Energetics and Properties of Molecules
SDSC SP: 25,000
SDSC T3E: 5,000
SDSC T90: 3,520
Joel Tohline, Louisiana State Univ, All Campuses
Numerical Hydrodynamics of Mass-Transferring Binary Star Systems
SDSC T3E: 65,000
Gregory Voth, University of Utah
Fundamental Quantum Dynamical Processes in Condensed Matter
NCSA Origin2000: 80,000
SDSC SP: 25,000
Pui-Kuen Yeung, Georgia Institute of Technology, All Campuses
Lagrangian and Eulerian Studies of Mixing and Spatial Structure in Homogeneous Turbulence
SDSC SP: 20,000
A Peter Young, University of California-Santa Cruz
Ground State Properties of Disordered Systems Via Genetic Algorithms
Texas T3E: 38,000
| Platform | Total PIs | Total SUs |
| SDSC SP | 16 | 816,800 |
| Texas T3E | 3 | 88,000 |
| NCSA Exemplar | 3 | 121,000 |
| Condor | 2 | 58,000 |
| SDSC T3E | 12 | 937,000 |
| SDSC T90 | 13 | 40,030 |
| HP V2500 at Caltech | 3 | 399,000 |
| NCSA Origin2000 | 21 | 2,426,000 |
| Boston Origin2000 | 2 | 72,000 |
| NM Alta Cluster | 2 | 86,600 |
